Vehicle-lamp.



C. McKEEVER.

VEHICLE LAMP.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 7. I916.

Patented Apr. 10, 191?.

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CHARLES MQKEEVER, 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-THIN T0WILLIAEE H. DICKINSON AND ONE-THIRD TO CLIEM B. HEARS, BOTH OF NEWVEHICLE-LAMP.

To all whom it may concern;

Beit known that I, CHARLES MGKEEVER, a citizen of the United States,residing in Jersey City, county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, haveinvented an Improvement in Vehicle-Lamps, of which the following is aspecification.

The lamps as now commonly used on motor and other vehicles are soconstructed that the lights employed therewith are di- This results in aglaring effect which depending upon the intensity of the light isoftentimes objectionable, the glare being so intense in some instancesas to seriously affect the sight, temporarily at least. of drivers ofvehicles traveling in the opposite direction. The object of thisinvention is the provision of a vehicle lamp in which this objectionablefeature is eliminated by so mounting the light or lights employed in thelamp that the rays therefrom are visible only indirectly. A'shereinafter described the lamp made in accordance with my presentinvention may be so constructed as to utilize a single light or toembody a plurality of lights any one of which may be used as a signal todirect attention to the purpose of displaying the particular lightemployed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1, is a side elevation and partial central longitudinal crosssection of a vehicle lamp made in accordance with my present invention.

Fig. 2, is a partial end elevation illustrating the manner'in which thebracket support may be swung to fit the lights in position in the lamp.1

Referring to the drawing a lamp made in accordance with this inventioncomprises a casing 10 which may be made of any suitable material and ispreferably conical in configuration. At the outer or larger end of thelamp the same is fitted with a cap 11 containing a lens 12 and theseparts may be secured to the casing in any suitable manner. The inner orsmaller end of the casing is preferably cylindrical as indicated at 13and ada ted to receive a lamp socket 14 placed in the axial center ofthe lamp. This lamp socket maybe fixed in position by means of screws 15or otherwise. As a means of illustrati-n my invention the lamp socket 14is provi ed with a lug 16 which is made to fit within a reinforcedportion 17 of the casing 10. The lug 16 is apertured so that it maySpecification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 1N1), 1931?. Applicationfiled April 7, 1916.

Serial No. 89,515.

receive one end of a bracket 18; This end of the bracket 18 is screwthreaded as indicated at 19 and adjacent the termination of the screwthreads the same is fitted with a collar 20 adapted after the screw'threaded end of the bracket has been passed through the opening in thelug to bear against the lnner face of the lug. Exteriorly and on theopposite side of the lug a clamp nut 21 may be turned upon the screwthreaded end of the bracket and a lock nut 22 employed to secure theparts in position.

The bracket 18 is preferably tubular and extends a. predetermineddistance forwardly into the lamp casing. At its forward end a lampsocket 23 is suitably secured to the bracket 18 in a position which isthe reverse to that of the lampsocket 14, both sockets being in theaxial center of the lamp. The socket 14 is connected to a lead wire 24and a lead wire 25 passes through the bore in the bracket 18 and isconnected to the socket 23. As illustrated in the drawing a light bulb26 is fitted in the socket 14 and a light bulb 27 in the socket 23. Thelight bulb 26 may be green or any other desired color while the lightbulb 27 is white or of the ordinary construction.

It will now be apparent that by using the light bulb 27 only the lightitself is not visible and only the reflected rays therefrom can be seenthrough the lens of the lamp. It will also be apparent that by using thegreen or other colored lamp bulb in conjunction with the white lamp bulbeither lamp may be employed at the will of the operator to use thedevice as a single lamp. The colored light being behind the white lightits color will not be affected thereby and its rays like those of thewhite light will be visible only indirectly through the lens. In orderto obtain the best results the interior or reflecting surface of thecasing is preferably finished in a dull white.

It will furthermore be apparent that by loosening the clamp and locknuts on the screw threaded end of the bracket thev same may be turnedwithin the opening in the lug as a hearing so that either or both lightbulbsmay be readily removed and others replaced when necessary. It isstill further to be understood that the apparatus herein shown anddescribed is merely illustrative of this invention and other equivalentconstructions might be employed to produce the same results Withoutdeparting from the nature and spirit of my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A vehicle lamp comprising a casing, a light fixed in positiontherein, a bracket adjustab-ly mounted in said casing, and a lightsecured in said bracket so as to face the first aforesaid light when thesaid lights are in position,

2. A vehicle lamp comprising a casing, a socket fixed therein, a lightin said socket, a bracket adjustably and removably mounted in saidcasing, a socket mounted on the said bracket, and a light in said secondsocket so placed as to face the light in the fixed socket.

3. A vehicle lamp comprising a casing of conical configuration, a socketfixed in the smaller end of the casing, a bracket adjustab-ly mounted insaid socket and extending into said casing, and a socket mounted on thesaid bracket, the said sockets being adapted to receive lights Whichwhen 1n place assume directly opposite positions therein.

4. A vehicle lamp comprising a casing of conical configuration, a socketin the smaller end of the said casing, a lug associated with saidsocket, a bracket adjustably connected in the said lug and extendinginto the said casing, a socket mounted on the said bracket, and lightsin the said sockets which are so placed that the lights assume directlyopposite positions in the lamp in the axial center thereof.

5. A vehicle lamp comprising a casing of conical configuration, a lightsocket fixed in the smallr end thereof, a lug associated with the saidsocket and having an aperture therein, a support bracket screw threadedat oneend at which it passes through the said aperture in the lug, acollar on the bracket adapted to bear against one side of the lug, nutsturned down on the end of the bracket against the opposite side of saidlug to secure the same in position, a socket fixed on the opposite endof thebracket in the interior of the lamp, and lights in the saidsockets so placed as to lie in directly opposite positions in the axialcenter of the lamp.

Signed by me lihlS\ilh day of March,

CHARLES MGKEEVER.

